Andres Barrios Fernandez
Ph.D. in Economics, LSE
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Carolina Allende
I hold a Bachellor's and a Master's degree in Economics from the Universidad de Los Andes. I am interested in conducting research that impacts educational and health policy in developing countries. Currently I am working in a project through which we aim to understand the direct and indirect effects of affirmative action programs in access to college.
Josefina Muñoz
I hold a Bachellor's and a Master's degree in Economics from the Universidad de Chile, and a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne. My research interests cover multiple topics in the intersection of labor and public economics. Currently I am working in a project through which we aim to understand the role of parents in the formation of preferences for colleges and majors.
Camilo Jaramillo
I hold a Bachellor’s degree in Economics from the Universidad de Chile and I am finishing a Master’s in Economics at the same university. My areas of interest are mechanism design, industrial organization, and applied microeconomics. In my Master's thesis, I study the existence of stables and strategy-proof mechanisms in trilateral matchings markets. In addition, I am working in projects through which we aim to understand how to rehabilitate convicted criminals.
Gustavo Faundez
I hold a Bachellor’s degree in Economics from the Universidad Catolica and a Master’s in Applied Economics from the same university. My research interests cover different topics in the Economics of Education, but I am especially interested in understanding the barriers that disadavantaged students face to attend and succeed in higher education. On August 2024 I will start a Master in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.